Readers of this blog should know that I play in a jazz band. It’s a big band, around 20 musicians, at a local community college. We played concerts last night and the night before. About a month ago, the question came up to the band director as to what he wanted us to wear for the concerts.
Typically nowadays it is all black. Black slacks, socks, shoes with a black collared shirt.
We have anew director this semester and he wanted something different. He told us to wear a brightly colored collared shirt. Solid color only, but not black.
I remember thinking at the time that I had something that would do, but when I got back home and looked through the closet, the best I could find was a dark blue shirt. Not bright.
So, Sepi and I talked about it and made plans to go shirt shopping at one of the usual suspect stores: Penney’s, Nordstrom Rack or Macy’s. But meanwhile, she had spotted a 2nd hand store near Mom’s house that she wanted to check out. It turned out that Mom wanted to go there for another reason so we all trooped over there on a Sunday afternoon a couple of weeks ago.
And there, in my size and in perfect condition, was this bright turquoise shirt. It was totally a shirt that I would have bypassed in other situations without a second thought. I’m a brown and green and blue plaid kind of guy.
But it was what I needed so we bought it.
What became funny to me was that several people in the band – old and young – came up to me to tell me how good that shirt looked on me. Sepi, of course, knew it all along.
At the thrift store, there was a lavender shirt that Sepi wanted me to buy. I said no, we only need one bright shirt. Now, we’re going to go by there next week to see if it’s still there. I have bright shirts in my future!
This IS a great color on you, Chris!